The Last Church [Paperback]

Lee Pletzers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 5, 2009

Welcome to Opera Sands. Meet Peter Clement, a down-on-his-luck antique dealer...a young man with a grim future, until Mephistopheles himself pays him a visit and offers him the Devil's Wish Book. He reads it, takes it to heart, offers his soul to its dark and deadly secrets. Rachael is a university student studying archeology. On her latest dig, her team enters a slip in time and arrives 3 months after Peter dies. He leaves behind a supernatural dagger, a dagger which houses his destructive soul. Upon its discovery, she accidentally cuts herself.. The end of the world is at hand, unless evil is defeated within the holy grounds of The Last Church.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 418 pages
• Publisher: BLACK BED SHEETS BOOKS (September 5, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0984213627
• ISBN-13: 978-0984213627
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.9 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,205,337 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lee Pletzers is a writer who is very active in the genre world, online and off. He has five novels published: Blood of the Wolf (2001), The Last Church (2009), The Game (2010), The Armageddon Shadow (2011 new version with rewrite coming October 2012), Rage (2012) and Resurrection Child (coming November 2012). He has over 50 short stories published online and in print, and has several here at Kindle.

He is also a member of AHWA (Australian Horror Writers Association), Fictioneers and a founding memberSpecFicNZ. He has edited 4 anthologies, worked as editor and reviewer for Sinisteria horror magazine, has translated one novel from Japanese to English and edited several novels for small press authors.

Lee has moved into the Indy scene and is publishing under his own banner: Triskaideka Books on Amazon and Smashwords. He still sends his books out to independant publishers, looking for that elusive million dollar cheque.

A massive amount of info, you probably don't need to know is in the About section at his website.

All of Lee's short works (short stories, novelettes) are 0.99 with novels ranging from 2.99 - 6.99.

His website is: http://kobefiction.we.bs/
His blog is: http://kobefiction.we.bs/site/

His reviews are posted at: http://reviewer-sffh.blogspot.com/

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Last Church delivers!! November 30, 2009

By Charity Warden

Format:Paperback

The Last Church takes the reader into a world where Peter Clement, a failing businessman, is about to lose everything his father worked his whole life for. His life, in his estimation, has been a complete failure, everything he tries fails until he comes across a book in the antique shop his father left him. He learns all of his dreams can come true, but as with any promise of that magnitude there is a price, the price is blood, A price he is more than willing to pay. Once the contract is signed everything he touches is golden,and although the book states that after twenty years the book must be passed on to another he finds a loophole in the contract and intends to become the devil himself.

With Christianity failing and the church itself dying out, only the last member of the Order of the Black Snake, an organization who has fought against the holders of this book, is left to fight against Clements will.

Pletzers does a masterful job of asking the reader to suspend their disbelief and takes them on a wild ride in which World War IV is about to erupt and Peter holds all of hell in the hilt of his dagger and intends to release it upon the earth.
This is a must read for anyone who loves horror, science fiction, or religious style fiction as it crosses all genres, but does so with style, leaving the reader blazing through the pages and wanting more.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A tale of post-apocalyptic terror and suspense April 24, 2013

By John Ling

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

The year is 2368, and life in New Zealand is bleak. With the landscape all but destroyed by environmental disaster, the survivors are forced to retreat into the safety of a massive dome in order to live. But discontent is rife, and when an archaeology student named Rachael ventures into the wasteland to uncover the truth about the past. There, amidst the ruins of an ancient house, she stumbles upon the unthinkable -- a rip in time that allows to see the previous occupant of the house. Peter Clement. A failed businessman man destined to become the ultimate embodiment of evil.

What follows is an earth-shattering race against time as Rachael and Order of the Black Snake battle against Peter in a world aching for hope but teetering on the edge of madness. This plot had me on the edge of my seat, and I was literally tearing through the pages to find out how it would all end.

Author Lee Pletzers tackles a breathless array of heady issues here -- the rise of Satan, the decline of Christianity and the power of myth. His style combines the grand scope of Stephen King and baroque horror of Clive Barker, and his pacing here is simply superb. He relies on hard-hitting chapters that alternate between viewpoints, tightening the suspense at every turn. And the slam-bang finish simply seals the deal.

I really enjoyed this Kiwi take on the post-apocalyptic genre. It's dark. It's ambitious. And, most importantly, it got me thinking about the human condition and how so many of us are all ultimately prisoners to the myths in our own minds.

'The Last Church' is most certainly an ace in the hole. Pick it up and give it a go! You won't regret it.